F2 – Advanced Financial Reporting

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Free F2 – Advanced Financial Reporting study notes for CIMA (CGMA Professional Qualification) students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.

A. Financing capital projects

  • Long-term debt and equity finance

  • Markets for long-term funds

  • Cost of equity

  • Cost of debt

  • Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

B. Financial reporting standards

  • Revenue

  • Leases (lessor)

  • Provisions and contingencies

  • Financial instruments

  • Intangible assets

  • Income taxes and deferred tax

  • Foreign currency

  • Standards for group accounts

C. Group accounts

  • Consolidated financial statements

  • Consolidating subsidiaries (goodwill and non-controlling interest)

  • Associates and joint ventures

  • Foreign subsidiaries

  • Related party transactions

  • Earnings per share (EPS)

D. Integrated reporting and sustainability reporting

  • Standard-setting bodies for sustainability reporting

  • Integrated thinking

  • The Integrated Reporting Framework

  • The six capitals of integrated reporting

  • IFRS Sustainability disclosure standards (IFRS S1 and S2)

E. Working with financial statements

  • Analysing financial performance, position and prospects

  • Ratio analysis

  • The data analytics maturity model

  • Actions to improve performance and position

  • Limitations of ratio analysis

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